MEd Children's Literature & Literacies

Entry Requirements

• Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training):

• overall score 6.5
• no sub-test less than 6.0
• or equivalent scores in another recognised qualification (see below)

Common equivalent English language qualifications:

• ibTOEFL: 92; no sub-test less than 20*
• CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English): B minimum
• CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): C minimum
• PTE Academic (Person Test of English, Academic test): 60; no sub-test less than 59

Curriculum

Core courses

• Reframing language, literature and literacies for 21st century life
• Texts for children: from the printing press to virtual reality
• Introduction to educational and social research
• Modern educational thought
• Children's literature and literacies: critical enquiry
• Professional enquiry.

Optional courses

• Texts for diversity: language across learning for children with English as an additional language
• Texts for children: visual and multimodal
• Further options may be drawn from courses offered on the MEd in Educational Studies.